Schedule 2005

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January 8-9, 2005

Andy and Michael's two-day Birthday Bash
Charlemont Inn, Route 2, Mohawk Trail, Charlemont, MA (about 22 miles
west of Greenfield, MA) Info: mpatt@the-spa.com or aturrett@aol.com
Saturday: 7pm to 1am -- Planet Zydeco and The Hilltones (Rock & Roll)
Sunday: 11am to 7pm -- Music Jam (bring your instrument) and then Girl
Howdy (Honky Tonk) 3-5 p.m.
Food and drink will be available at the Inn, Suggested donation of $10,
No Birthday Gifts

January 22, 2005

Midwinter extravaganza double header - Magnolia Cajun band
http://magnoliacajunband.homestead.com/Cajundance.html
followed by Planet Zydeco
Cajun dance 6 - 8 pm. Zydeco lesson at 8 pm. Zydeco dance 8:30 - 11 pm.
Knights of Columbus Hall, Arlington, MA. $15 suggested donation.
Directions: Knights of Columbus Hall,15 Winslow St, Arlington, MA. The hall is approx. one mile off Route 2 right in Arlington center, close to lots of restaurants and coffee shops. If lost or confused - call 617-460-4213.
Take Route 2 to Arlington Center/Belmont Center exit (Rte 60). This is
exit 59 off of Route 2.
NOTE: if coming from Rte 128/I-95, Do NOT take the first Pleasant St exit which is in Lexington. Take Rte 60 East (Pleasant Street) for exactly one mile to Arlington Center. Cross Mass Ave. and travel one more block on Rte 60 (Mystic St). Turn right into the very large parking lot (free at nighttime). The Knights of Columbus Hall is the small wood frame building across the street to the right of a tall redbrick building.

February 5, 2005

Woonsocket Mardi Gras Ball, $27 includes dinner & shuttle bus to all venues
CYO Center, 53 Federal St, Woonsocket, RI
6:30-8:30pm Planet Zydeco
8pm to midnight - Creole Cowboys (w/Jeffrey Broussard)
(also Slippery Sneakers, T Broussard and the Zydeco Steppers, and more!)
Other bands and locations TBA, Info/reservations: 401-762-9072

Friday, February 25

The Windham, on the square in Bellows Falls, VT
A new performance and dance space in the lobby of the gracious and
venerable Windham Hotel. Wood dance floor and bar. 7:30 pm. $10 in
advance, $12 at the door.WWW.THEWINDHAM.COM 802-463-2229.

Directions:
From the south, take 91 North to Exit 5, at end of ramp, turn right.
At bottom of hill turn left onto Rte. 5 North. Go 3 miles. At stoplight, merge right into downtown. The Windham is at the south end of town square at the corner of Bridge Street.
From the north, take 91 South to Exit 6.

Friday April 15th

Rongovian Embassy, 1 Main St. Trumansburg, NY, 607-387-3334.
http://www.rongo.com/.
Time and cover TBD.
Directions - http://www.rongo.com/directions.html

Saturday April 16

Harmony House, 58 East Main Street, Webster, NY (just east of Rochester)
$10 cover (kids 14 and under are free)
Zydeco Dance Class: 7:15 PM, by Esther Brill. Music Starts: 8 PM
www.rochesterzydeco.com

Saturday, May 7

Monthly zydeco dance series, Hartford Country Dance, American Legion
Hall, 275 Main St, Old Wethersfield, CT
$10, $9 members, Free lesson at 7:15 p.m., Dance 8-11 p.m.

Info 860-537-8265

Friday-Sunday May 27-29

Pat and Will's 3rd Springtime Reunion, "getting down on" Tom Hahn's
Farm, Salt Point, NY $85 weekend, Fri $25, Sat or Sun $45, Camping $10
Info: 845.266.0065
Willis Prudhomme (Creole, Zydeco)
Roy Carrier and the Carrier Family Band (Zydeco)
Sean Ardoin and ZydeKool
River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs
Li'l Anne and Hot Cayenne (Zydeco)
Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew (Cajun)
Magnolia Cajun Band
Planet Zydeco

Saturday, June 18

Zydeco dance, Northampton Center for the Arts, 17 New South Street, Third Floor,
Northampton, MA 8-11 p.m. $10
www.nohoarts.org Info 413-584-7327

Friday, July 8

Twilight on the Tavern Lawn music series, Town common, Putney, VT
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Free admission. Food available or bring a picnic. Rain or shine. Concert is moved to a hall in the event of rain. (A sign is put on the lawn if that happens, with directions so people can find it.)

Saturday, July 9

Private function. Manchester, VT.

Friday and Saturday, July 15 and 16

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
Ancramdale, NY
Join us in the dance tent!
(and while you're at it, check out Girl Howdy, a honkytonk band including PZ members Rose Sinclair on steel guitar and Paul McTaggart on drums)
http://www.greyfoxbluegrass.com/

Sunday, July 31

Zydeco dance party with Planet Zydeco and Slippery Sneakers.
Bishop's Castle, 199 Austin Farm Rd, Exeter, RI . $15, 2 - 8 pm.
Potluck dinner, bring food to share, grills available. Swim in the pond. A beautiful spot!
Info: 401-392-0212 (day) or day of the party cell phone 401-439-7877.

Saturday, August 13

BerkZydeco & Boston Zydeco present the Third Annual Zydeco Dance in the Berkshires…..and a lovely late night acoustic jam!
featuring Planet Zydeco
25 Hammertown Rd., Sandisfield, MA
25 minutes from Lee Exit 2 on the Mass. Pike; 40 minutes from Springfield
Suggested donation $20 camping $5 extra

Overnight campers arrive during the afternoon. Plenty of room at the back.
5 pm -- Potluck Dinner
6:30 pm -- Zydeco dance lesson by (the lovely & superb) Su Peck
7:30 to 11 pm -- Planet Zydeco plays
11 pm and beyond -- bring your instruments for an acoustic jam and a little howlin' at the moon. Last year we had some marvelous singing as well.
Oh, and don’t forget the marvelous Sunday morning breakfast.
For information & directions from our host, Mark Fay, go to www.berkzydeco.cjb.net
Details also at www.BostonZydeco.com

August 14-20

Planet Zydeco accordionist, Rose Sinclair, will be on staff at Ashokan
Fiddle and Dance Camp--Southern Week (Appalachian, old-time, cajun and
zydeco). Check out details at www.ashokan.org

Saturday, August 27

Private function.

Saturday, September 17

Monthly zydeco dance series, Hartford Country Dance, American Legion
Hall, 275 Main St, Old Wethersfield, CT
$10, $9 members, Free lesson at 7:15 pm, Dance 8-11 pm
Info 860-537-826

Saturday, September 24

Boogie for hurricane relief at The Elevens Nightclub, 140 Pleasant St.,
Northampton, MA. 7-9 p.m. Admission is $10 --all money goes to the
Red Cross hurricane relief fund for the people of Louisiana and the
Gulf Coast. Wood dance floor, comfy couches, smoke-free. Right
downtown--walking distance to nice restaurants, galleries and cool
stores. www.elevensmusic.com 413-584-4100.

Friday, September 30

Sunday, October 9

10th Annual Columbus Day week-end PARTY, with Planet Zydeco and many
other cajun and zydeco bands. 2 pm to 12 am and beyond. Potluck.
Putney, VT. Details to be announced. Info: 802-387-8711, or
suzannewozniak@hotmail.com

Friday, October 14

Private function, Burlington, VT

Saturday, October 15

Musicians-To-Musicians Relief Benefit Concert and Dance
Lebanon Opera House, 51 N. Park St., Lebanon, NH. $15. 7 p.m.

Planet Zydeco joins Paul Asbell, Mark LeGrand and the Lovesick Band,
Chris Kleeman, Jeremiah McLane and other special guests including
George Thomas from Vermont Public Radio as emcee for a benefit concert
and dance featuring music from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to
help fellow musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina with financial,
medical and housing needs.

The benefit was arranged by Mark Sustic in collaboration with musician
friends in Louisiana and New England, and is an attempt to both raise
funds for the critical needs of musicians in the Gulf, and an
opportunity for musicians in Vermont to acknowledge an artistic debt to
the blues, Cajun, Zydeco, country and other traditions originating in
the Gulf region.

All proceeds to support the Lafayette Music Alliance, designed to
specifically help displaced musicians with financial, medical and
housing needs.

For more information, go to http://www.lebanonoperahouse.org or contact
organizer Mark Sustic at 802-849-6968 or mrksustc@together.net.

Sunday, October 30

4th Annual Halloween Bash, presented by Sal’s Productions. Always a
great party!! 5:30 PM. $15. Potluck, prize for the best costume. At
the German Club, 78 Carter Ave., Pawtucket, RI. Huge wood dance
floor, non-smoking.
Info: 401-965-0849. www.salsrbclub.com

Directions: 95 N or S to Newport Ave / Pawtucket Exit 2A. Turn right
at 4th light onto Carter Ave. Go 1 1/2 blocks to German Club.

Friday, November 4

The Windham, Bellows Falls, VT. 7:30-9:30 p.m.
www.thewindham.com

Sunday, November 13

Louisiana Musicians Hurricane Relief Benefit
Lagniappe Productions, Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Pl, Cranston,
RI
$25, Noon to 9 p.m. Planet Zydeco kicks off a great day of music to
benefit Louisiana musicians.
1 p.m. Planet Zydeco (VT Zydeco)
2 p.m. Jesse Lege & His Louisiana Friends (Cajun)
3 p.m. Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crew (LA Zydeco)
4:15 p.m. Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
5:30 p.m. Creole Cowboys (LA Creole)
6:45 p.m. Duke Robillard
8 p.m. Marcia Ball (LA R&B,Swamp-Pop)

$25 is the minimum suggested donation, more if you can afford it.
Advance tickets by mail order only! No credit cards please.
Send a check or money order with a self-addressed envelope to:
Lagniappe Productions, 255 Holly Road, Wakefield, RI 02879
Info: (401) 783-3926 or email Chukwent@cox.net

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Benefit for Katrina Hurricane Recovery, Guiding Star Grange, 401
Chapman St, Greenfield, MA. $10, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Come enjoy 3 bands
and a great wooden dance floor and support the cause!
1 p.m. Zydeco dance lesson
2 p.m. Li’l Cyn and the Devils (MA Zydeco)
3:30 p.m. Planet Zydeco (VT Zydeco)
5 p.m. Creole Cowboys (LA Creole)
Info: (413) 773 -8366 or email mpatt@the-spa.com

Saturday, December 3

Monthly zydeco dance series, Hartford Country Dance, American Legion
Hall, 275 Main St, Old Wethersfield, CT
$10, $9 members, Free lesson at 7:15 pm, Dance 8-11 pm
Info 860-537-8265

Friday, December 16

Hudson Mohawk Traditional Dance series, Capital District Irish Arts
Association hall (Hibernian Hall), 375 Ontario Street, Albany, NY.
Free lesson at 7:30 p.m. Zydeco dance at 8:30 p.m.
$12 General, $10 for HMTD members.
HMTD Dance Hotline (518) 292-0133
www.danceflurry.org
Cathy (518) 458-2160; Ron (518) 356-5544.

Directions:
The Irish Arts Hall (Albany Hibernian Hall) is at 375 ONTARIO ST, 5 blocks south of Madison, in Albany, just past the Playdium bowling alley. Go one more block, passing the Hibernian Hall, turn RIGHT on MERCER STREET, and right again into the back parking lot. The facility has a large parking lot, Irish pub, dance studio, and dance hall with
wooden floor. Enter from rear parking lot.

FROM SOUTH: Take I-87N to Exit 23 to I-787N. Take EXIT-4 & follow
signs to Broadway & Rte 20. Turn LEFT crossing under 787, turn LEFT
onto Broadway, go 1/10 mile and turn RIGHT onto MADISON. Go 2 MILES to
Ontario Street. Turn LEFT. (See above)

FROM WEST ON I-90: Take Exit 24. Continue on I-90E to Exit 5/Everett
Road & turn RIGHT. Go to Central Avenue, turn LEFT. Go 1 mile on
Central, turn RIGHT onto Ontario. Continue, passing Washington,
Western, and Madison Avenues. (See above)
[Alternatively, can take I-90E to 787S to Madison Ave exit]

FROM WEST ON RTE 20/WESTERN AVE: Drive into Albany. When Western
intersects with Madison, BEAR RIGHT ONTO Madison. Continue for 1 mile,
passing the College of St. Rose campus. Turn RIGHT onto Ontario. (See
above)

FROM NORTH: Take I-87S to I-90E toward Albany. (See I-90 above)

FROM NORTH ON I-787S: Take Madison Ave Exit. Continue for 2 MILES to
Ontario St, turn LEFT

FROM EAST ON I-90: Cross Hudson River, take Albany / I-787S exit, go
to Madison Ave exit, drive 2 miles to Ontario St.

Saturday, December 31

New Years at Ashokan! Planet Zydeco will rock in the New Year along
with three great bands: Jay Ungar and Molly Mason with Swingology, The
Red Stick Ramblers, and Great Bear Trio. Two rooms to dance in -
Zydeco, swing, cajun, and other couple dances in one and contras and
squares in the other... plus sumptuous snacks and refreshments.
Come just for the New Years party or stay for the weekend New Years
Winter Fiddle and Dance Camp, in beautiful Ashokan, NY.
For details go to
http://www.ashokan.org/ashokan/campnyrs.shtml
or call 845-246-2121.

For more info on these and other Cajun and zydeco events:

Northeast USA Cajun and zydeco music and dance schedule website:
www.arnb.org/phnynj.html

For more info via mail you can subscribe to
Cajun & Zydeco Newsletter
978-536-2001
mi3ke2002@hotmail.com